MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Witness video footage depicted fireballs spewing from what one witness attributed to an explosion at a hazard material warehouse.
#Breaking: Explosion happened in E China's Tianjin City Wed. Huge mushroom cloud seen. Quake felt 10 km away. pic.twitter.com/PkgzFb8kyv
— People's Daily,China (@PDChina) 12 августа 2015
Xinhua news wrote on its Twitter account residents fled their homes fearing an earthquake.
A CCTV America reporter says local doctors are treating more than 400 burn-related injuries, while fire brigades and police cordoned off the area of the incident to the public and media.
The cause of the explosion or any information regarding casualties is yet to be established.
At least 50 people are being treated at a hospital in the northeast Chinese city of Tianjin following a massive explosion in an industrial zone earlier on Wednesday, Xinhua reported citing hospital officials.
A video footage released by CCTV America depicts fireballs spewing from what one witness attributed to an explosion at a hazard material warehouse.
According to local media, the cause of the explosion but the number of casualties is likely to increase significantly.
